In Search Of A Song
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"In Search of a Song" - Tom T. Hall
Released 1971
[!] Link to playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nB8FP4HmGsnpQByZG7EqSKV81w6xzLhko [!]
# Title
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1.) The Year That Clayton Delaney Died *
2.) Who's Gonna Feed Them Hogs
3.) Trip to Hyden
4.) Tulsa Telephone Book **
5.) It Sure Can Get Cold in Des Moines
6.) The Little Lady Preacher
7.) L.A. Blues *
8.) Kentucky, February 27, 1971
9.) A Million Miles to the City *
10.) Second Handed Flowers *
11.) Ramona's Revenge
* = capo on 1st fret
** = capo on 2nd fret
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1.) "The Year That Clayton Delaney Died"
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[!] Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcSUIkglCQw [!]
[!] Capo on 1st fret [!]
[Intro]
C G7 C G7
[Verse 1]
C G7 C C7
I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died
F C C7
They said for the last two weeks that he suffered and cried
F C
It made a big impression on me, although I was a barefoot kid
G7 C
They said he got religion at the end and I'm glad that he did
[Verse 2]
C G7 C C7
Clayton was the best guitar picker in our town
F C
I thought he was a hero and I used to follow Clayton around
F C
I often wondered why Clayton, who seemed so good to me
G7 C
Never took his guitar and made it down in Tenn-o-see
[Verse 3]
C G7 C C7
Well, Daddy said he drank a lot, but I could never understand
F C C7
I knew he used to pick up in Ohio with a five-piece band
F C
Clayton used to tell me, "Son, you better put that old guitar away
G7 C
There ain't no money in it. It'll lead you to an early grave"
[Verse 4]
C G7 C C7
I guess if I'd admit it, Clayton taught me how to drink booze
F C C7
I can see him half-stoned, a-pickin' out the lovesick blues
F C
When Clayton died, I made him a promise, I was gonna carry on somehow
G7 C
I'd give a hundred dollars if he could only see me now
[Verse 5]
C G7 C C7
I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died
F C C7
Nobody ever knew it, but I went out in the woods and I cried
F C
Well, I know there's a lot of big preachers that know a lot more than I do
G7 C
But it could be that the good Lord likes a little picking too
[Outro]
C G7 C
Yeah, I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died
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2.) "Who's Gonna Feed Them Hogs"
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[!] Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDJfd9ufE84 [!]
[Intro]
C G D7
[Verse 1]
G C D7 G
I met him in a hospital about a year ago
C G D7
And why I still remember him, I guess I'll never know
G C D7 G
He'd lie there and cry out in a medicated fog
C D7 G
"Here I am in this dang bed and who's gonna feed them hogs?"
[Chorus]
C G D7 G
"Four hundred hogs, they're just standing out there
C G D7
My wife can't feed 'em and my neighbors don't care
G C D7 G
They can't get out and roam around like my old hunting dogs
C D7 G
Here I am in this dang bed and who's gonna feed them hogs?"
[Verse 2]
C D7 G
His face was lean and his hands were rough
C G D7
His way was hogs and his nature was tough
G C D7 G
His doctors tried to tell him that he may not live at all
C D7 G
But all he ever talked about was, "Who's gonna feed them hogs?"
[Chorus]
C G D7 G
"Four hundred hogs, they're just standing out there
C G D7
My wife can't feed 'em and my neighbors don't care
G C D7 G
They can't get out and roam around like my old hunting dogs
C D7 G
Here I am in this dang bed and who's gonna feed them hogs?"
[Interlude]
C G E7
[Chorus 2]
A D E7 A
Four hundred hogs comes to eight hundred hams
D A E7
And that's a lot of money for a hog-raising man
A D E7 A
Four hundred hogs comes to sixteen hundred feet
D E7 A
The market's up and there are people a-waiting on that meat
[Verse 3]
D E7 A
Well, the doctors say they do not know what saved the man from death
D A E7
But in a few days, he put on his overalls and he left
A D E7 A
That's all there is to this small song, but waitress, 'fore you leave
N.C. A D E7 A
Would you bring me some coffee and a hot ham sandwich, please?
[Chorus]
D A E7 A
Four hundred hogs, they're just standing out there
D A E7
His wife couldn't feed 'em and his neighbors didn't care
A D E7 A
They couldn't get out and roam around like his old hunting dogs
D E7 A
There he was in that dang bed and who's gonna feed them hogs?
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3.) "Trip to Hyden"
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[!] Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhyfNUH8SYc [!]
[Intro]
C G7 C
[Verse 1]
C G7 C
Tossed and turned the night before in some old motel
G7 C C7
Subconsciously recalling some old sinful thing I'd done
F C
My buddy drove the car and those big coal trucks shook us up
G7 C
As we drove on into Hyden in the early morning sun
[Verse 2]
C G7 C
Past the hound dogs and some dominique-er chickens
G7 C C7
Temporary-looking houses with their lean and bashful kids
F C
Every hundred yards, a sign proclaimed that Christ was coming soon
G7 C
And I thought, "Well, man, He'd sure be disappointed if He did."
[Verse 3]
C G7 C
On the way, we talked about the 40 miners
G7 C C7
Of the 39 who died and one who lived to tell the tale
F C
We stopped for beans and cornbread at the Ed & Lois Café
G7 C
Then went to see the sheriff at the Leslie County Jail
[Verse 4]
C G7 C
They took us to the scene of that disaster
G7 C C7
I was so surprised to not find any sign of death at all
F C
Just another country hillside with some mudholes and some junk
G7 C
The mines were deadly silent like a rathole in the wall
[Verse 5]
C G7 C
"It was just like being right inside of a shotgun."
G7 C C7
The old man coughed and lit a cigarette that he had rolled
F C
Back in town, I bought a heavy jacket from a store
G7 C
It was sunny down in Hyden but somehow, the town was cold
[Verse 6]
C G7 C
The old man introduced the undertaker
G7 C C7
Who seemed refreshed despite the kind of work I knew he did
F C
We talked about the pretty lady from the Grand Ole Opry
G7 C
And we talked about the money she was raising for the kids
[Verse 7]
C G7 C
Well, I guess the old man thought we were reporters
G7 C C7
He kept reminding me of how his simple name was spelled
F C
Some lady said, "They worth more money now than when they's a-living."
G7 C
And I'll leave it there 'cause I suppose she told it pretty well
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4.) "Tulsa Telephone Book"
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[!] Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h1VNHeg_Mg [!]
[!] Capo on 2nd fret [!]
[Intro]
E B7 E B7
[Verse 1]
E A
Have you read any good telephone books lately?
E B7
If you ain't, then let me recommend one
E A Am
I've already read that Tulsa telephone book through thirteen times
E B7 E
If you don't know any last names, it ain't much fun
[Chorus]
B7 A E
Reading that Tulsa telephone book can drive a guy insane
B7 A E B7
Especially if that girl you're looking for has no last name
E A Am
I gotta find her and tell her I don't want our love to end
E B7 E B7
So I'm reading that Tulsa telephone book again
[Verse 2]
E A
Well, I was in Tulsa and didn't have anything going
E B7
She lived in Tulsa and didn't have anything on
E A Am
She said, "My name is Shirley," and I said, "My name is T."
E B7 E
I woke up the next morning and she was gone
[Verse 3]
E A
All of the Tulsa operators know my voice now
E B7
And they gotta know how long I've been alone
E A Am
If you meet a girl named Shirley with some ribbons in her hair
E B7 E
Would you tell her that she's wanted on the phone?
[Chorus]
B7 A E
Reading that Tulsa telephone book can drive a guy insane
B7 A E B7
Especially if that girl you're looking for has no last name
E A Am
I gotta find her and tell her I don't want our love to end
E B7 E B7
So I'm reading that Tulsa telephone book again
E B7 E
I'm reading that Tulsa telephone book again
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5.) "It Sure Can Get Cold in Des Moines"
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[!] Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQHLD5Vvpzo [!]
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
D A7 D
The Iowa weather was thirteen below
G D
I had come to Des Moines for a radio show
G D Bm
I awoke in the evening from a traveler's sleep
D A7 D
With notions of something to eat
G D
The old elevator slipped down past the floors
G D A7
My head and my eyes said, "You should have slept more"
G D Bm
The man at the desk said the restaurant was closed
D A7 D
Outside, it was fourteen below
[Verse 2]
D A7 D
The lounge was still open and so I walked in
G D
In place of my food, I had two double gins
G D Bm
I looked 'round the room, as a tourist would do
D A7 D
That's when I saw the girl in the booth
G D
She sat there and cried in the smoky half-dark
G D A7
The silent-type crying that tears out your heart
G D Bm
Her clothes were not cut in the new modern way
D A7 D
And her suitcase had seen better days
[Verse 3]
D A7 D
Nobody asked her what caused her such pain
G D
Nobody spoke up, yet no one complained
G D Bm
Without even asking, I knew why she cried
D A7 D
Life is just like that sometimes
G D
The man at the desk said, "It's fifteen below"
G D A7
The bellhop said, "Yeah, man. That's cold. That's cold."
G D Bm
I went back to my room and I wrote down this song
D A7 D
Oh, it sure can get cold in Des Moines
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6.) "The Little Lady Preacher"
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[!] Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9813XGBcMQ [!]
[Intro]
D A7
D G D
[Verse 1]
D G D
Oh, the little lady preacher from the limestone church
A7
I'll never forget her, I guess
D G D
She preached each Sunday morning on the local radio
A7 D
With a big black Bible and a snow-white dress
G D
She was nineteen years of age and was developed to a fault
A7
But I will admit, she knew the Bible well
G D
A little white lace hankie marked the text that she would use
A7 D
She'd breathe into that microphone and send us all to hell
[Verse 2]
D G D
She had a guitar picker by the name of Luther Short
A7
A hairy-legged soul lost out in sin
D G D
She would turn and smile at Luther when the program would commence
A7 D
With a voice as sweet as angels', she would break out in a hymn
G D
I was a-picking for her too with what we called the doghouse bass
A7
I clung to every word that passed her lips
G D
She was down on booze and cigarettes and high on days to come
A7 D Bb7
And she'd punctuate the prophecy with movements of her hips
[Bridge]
Eb Bb7
Eb Ab Eb
[Verse 3]
Eb Ab Eb
The Lord knows how I loved her, He was there each time she preached
Bb7
But old Luther took her home each Sunday morn
Eb Ab Eb
Looking back, I still recall the way it hurt my tender pride
Bb7 Eb
I longed to be a hero but they're made, not born
Ab Eb
Sometimes, old Luther showed up at the studio half tight
Bb7
And smoking was a thing he liked to do
Ab Eb
She never said a word to him but said a prayer for me
Bb7 Eb
I told her, in a way, that I've been praying for her too
[Verse 4]
Eb Ab Eb
One Sunday, her old man showed up and said that she was gone
Bb7
Said she and brother Luther had a call
Eb Ab Eb
I can see me standing in that studio that day
Bb7 Eb
I had to face the heartbreak, unemployment and all
Ab Eb
I don't know where they are 'cause I ain't seen them people since
Bb7
Lord, if I judge 'em, let me give 'em lots of room
Ab Eb
I know Luther Short and he's a hard old boy to change
N.C. Eb Bb7 Ab Eb Bb7 Eb
And I've often sat and wondered who it was converted whom
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7.) "L.A. Blues"
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[!] Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Ik9UonFH8 [!]
[!] Capo on 1st fret [!]
[Intro]
E F#7 A B7
E
[Verse 1]
E F#7 A B7 E
I got off the airplane 'long about 7:30 in L.A.
F#7 A B7 E
What a drag to realize that everything's so different and so same
A B7 E C#m
All my California friends are searching for their minds
A B7 E
And it's been right there in their heads all the time
[Chorus]
A E C#m
L.A. blues, L.A. blues
C#m
You want me to be like you
E F#7 A B7
Ha ha, there ain't no way
[Verse 2]
E F#7 A B7 E
California Charlie met me at my room when I got in
F#7 A B7 E
We toasted country picking and the help of all our good and mutual friends
A B7 E C#m
Before the morning came, we put a handle on the world
A B7 E
And decided that we'd give it to the squirrels
[Chorus]
A E C#m
L.A. blues, L.A. blues
C#m
You want me to be like you
E F#7 A B7 C7
Ha ha, there ain't no way
F G7 A# C7
F
[Verse 3]
F G7 A# C7 F
Soaking up that sunshine and eating eggs and bacon over light
G7 A# C7 F
Sleeping through the daytime and contemplating sin throughout the night
A# C7 F Dm
Please hand me my hat and darling, give me back my things
A# C7 F
Ol' T.'s got a bunch of songs to sing
[Chorus]
A# F Dm
L.A. blues, L.A. blues
Dm
You want me to be like you
F G7 A# C7
Ha ha, there ain't no way
[Verse 4]
F G7 A# C7 F
I like California and I wouldn't want to put it down, no way
G7 A# C7 F
But I heard what you're thinking and it ain't exactly what I want to say
A# C7 F Dm
Someday, California, I'll come roaring back to you
A# C7 F
If you don't fall in the ocean before I do
[Chorus]
A# F Dm
L.A. blues, L.A. blues
Dm
You want me to be like you
F G7 A# C7
Ha ha, there ain't no way
F G7 A# C7
F G7 A# C7
F G7 A# C7
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8.) "Kentucky, February 27, 1971"
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[!] Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfYkxSZY1ME [!]
[Intro]
D C D
[Verse 1]
D G D
There were signs beside the road like "Jesus Saves"
A7
And "Relieve yourself the fast and gentle way"
G D
I was looking for an old man who lived way back in these hills
C D
Who just might have a story I could tell
[Verse 2]
D G D
Pretty soon, the blacktop disappeared
A7
I felt the car change to a lower gear
G D
I took a drink of liquor just to chase away the chill
C D
I was 27 miles from Olive Hill
[Verse 3]
D G D
Ahead, I saw the bridge where I turned right
A7
A dirt road led straight up a mountainside
G D
I pulled up to a farmhouse I thought I had seen before
C D
An old man and his dog were at the door
[Verse 4]
D G D
They told me this old-timer knew this land
A7
I told him, "Sir, I just don't understand
G D
Why the kids in this state just grow up and move away
C D
And leave the land where they were born and raised."
[Verse 5]
D G D
He said, "Son, you can't make it on this land
A7
Unless you're happy workin' with your hands
G D
There ain't no kids today that wanna stay and work it out
C D
They wanna see the things they hear about."
[Verse 6]
D G D
He said, "I cleared this whole farm off myself
A7
And I'd work it now but time has got my health."
G D
Then, staring out the window, resting in his easy chair
C D
He told me what I'd really come to hear
[Verse 7]
D G D
"You know, son, people used to tell their kids
A7
'Now, I don't want you to have to work the way I did.'
G D
They don't and some will tell you that it's a shame
C D
But you have to think before you place the blame."
[Verse 8]
D G D
I guess we must have talked for half a day
A7
'til I told him that I'd best be on my way
G D
He shook my hand and said, "I'm glad I met you, Mr. Hall
C D
But I guess there ain't no song here after all."
[Outro]
D G D
A7
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9.) "A Million Miles to the City"
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[!] Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoDVuv9JwYk [!]
[!] Capo on 1st fret [!]
[Intro]
F C G7 C
[Verse 1]
C F
Yeah, I remember it now, we were kids back then
C
Living down on the farm
G7
We were told that the city
F C
Could only bring us harm
F
"How far is the city?" somebody said
C
And "Oh, that's a great big town"
G7
Barbara said, "Why, it's a million miles"
F C
And the story got around
[Chorus]
F C
It's a million miles to the city
G7 C
From the hills and valleys we know
F C
It's a million miles to the city
G7 C
And someday we all wanna go
[Verse 2]
C F
There was a town nearby, but a town is a town
C
And a city... well, that's something else
G7
Our daddy had been to a city
F C
But he never was much help
F
"Why the buildings are taller than oak trees"
C
Ah, but we knew better than that
G7
Ain't nobody could climb that high
F C
The cities were wide and flat
[Chorus]
F C
It's a million miles to the city
G7 C
From the hills and valleys we know
F C
It's a million miles to the city
G7 C
And someday we all wanna go
[Verse 3]
C F
Well now, time has passed and we have grown
C
And travelled far and wide
G7
The cities have changed the kids we were
F C
We see it in each other's eyes
F
But I'd love to go back to those hills again
C
To the boy I used to be
G7
Where the leaves and the wind and the whippoorwills
F C
Were part of the land like me
[Chorus]
F C
It's a million miles to the city
G7 C
From the hills and valleys we know
F C
It's a million miles to the city
G7 C
And someday we all wanna go
F C
It's a million miles to the city
G7 C
From the hills and valleys we know
F C
It's a million miles to the city
G7 C
And someday we all wanna go
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10.) "Second Handed Flowers"
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[!] Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmZuco7epLg [!]
[!] Capo on 1st fret [!]
[Intro]
G D A7 D
[Verse 1]
D D7 G D
I was working in Miami for a day or two
G D A7
I decided I'd look up a girl that I once knew
D D7 G D
I bought some flowers and went to see the girl I used to know
G D A7 D
The lady at her door said she had married long ago
[Verse 2]
D D7 G D
Times will change and towns will change and there I was alone
G D A7
And suddenly I wondered, "Would Suzy be at home?"
D D7 G D
So with the flowers in my hand, I walked toward her gate
G D A7 D
Someone touched me on the arm and said, "You'll have to wait"
[Verse 3]
D D7 G D
Then I noticed there were people standing in a line
G D A7
Some of them were holding pretty flowers just like mine
D D7 G D
They explained that Suzy had been in an awful crash
G D A7 D D7
Doctors said that she had just a little while to last
[Interlude]
G D A7 D
[Verse 4]
D D7 G D
When I walked into her room, I felt a sense of shame
G D A7
But I heard Suzy whisper, "I'm awfully glad you came"
D D7 G D
She had been the girl that I had always gone to see
G D A7 D
When someone that I cared for had been untrue to me
[Verse 5]
D D7 G D
I handed her the flowers and she gently kissed my hand
G D A7
She said, "Don't be embarrassed. You know I understand"
D D7 G D
I said goodbye and as I bent to kiss her fevered brow
G D A7 D
I heard her whisper, "Thank you for the second handed flowers"
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11.) "Ramona's Revenge"
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[!] Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9WsX4gXyDU [!]
[Intro]
E
[Verse 1]
E A E
Ramona lived just down the hill from us
B7
She kept the house, her mother drove the bus (an old yellow school bus)
A E
Ramona had a handicap the neighborhood knew well
B7 E
Ramona couldn't speak or couldn't spell
E
(Which put Ramona at a considerable disadvantage among the more fluent)
[Verse 2]
E A E
Although she couldn't write and couldn't talk
B7
Ramona really had a pretty walk (a four-letter figure)
A E
Because she couldn't write or speak, nobody asked her out
B7 E
But Bad Eye Thompson hung around the house
E
(He was what you might say a familiar figure in the neighborhood)
[Verse 3]
E A E
I guess their handicaps were common ground
B7
For Bad Eye Thompson always hung around
A E
He could squint that eye and spit tobacco thirty feet
B7 E
Ramona always grinned and stomped her feet
E
(Because Ramona considered that to be one of the better local acts)
[Verse 4]
E A E
One day, Ramona found herself a child
B7
She couldn't speak, her mom was going wild
A E
Confusion reigned for half a day, as one could understand
B7 E
The county judge came down to take a hand
E
(And I think it should be noted here, in the interest of justice
E
that the judge was acting in a strictly unofficial capacity)
[Verse 5]
E A E
The neighbors gathered 'round Ramona's porch
B7
The judge said, "Understand this is not a court".
A E
Ramona stood as all the breathless neighbors gathered 'round
N.C.
Then, she closed one eye and [*pbt*] spat upon the ground
E
(And it's a familiar old saying that "birds of a feather will flock together"
E
And justice will be done, that's right)
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